Mujahideen

During the War In Afghanistan, the leading cause of american deaths was IEDs also \\\\\\known as Improvised Explosive Devices or land mines. In the Afghanistan War, IEDs accounted for 1403 deaths, which makes up for about half the deaths during the war. There is no denying the fact that 1403 deaths is not a lot. Improvised Explosive Devices are a huge problem in not only Afghanistan but the whole Middle East. How are the IEDs being created? What measures are being taken to prevent IED deaths in…

CIA Secrets The Phoenix Program. Operation Chaos. The Mujahideen. Project MKULTRA. All of these secret CIA projects,run in secrecy avoiding the public eye, hundreds of more secret devious projects used.A growing controversy that’s been debated for years in our country, split between people’s different views and interpretations on our national security and privacy. With many people unknowing of the true intentions of the Central intelligence agency or CIA’S secrets. Some may see them as…

Jacob Klingbeil Mrs. Foust Honors English 12 12/5/2017 Motives and Methods of Terrorism In the past decade, terrorism has increasingly become more of a problem. With advances in technology, terrorists have found new ways to strike fear. Identifying and preventing attacks has become much harder because of these advancements. Along with the many methods of attack, there are several different motives for attack. There may not be an easy solution to the issue of terrorism, since there are many…

promoted means to achieve Islamic governance. Soon after Soviet troops seized Afghanistan in 1979, Azzam and bin Laden traveled to Peshawar, to join the resistance. To become fighters they gained financial and moral support from Afghan rebels, the mujahideen. They encouraged young men to join Afghan jihad, from the Middle East. The Maktab al-Khidamat also known as the MAK,…

Terrorism is the threat or use of violence against a population or group of people to spread fear for the purpose of a political motive or agenda. The Taliban is possibly one of the most renowned terrorist groups in Afghanistan, and despite the containment methods used against them, they continue to grow and prevail in rural southern areas of Afghanistan and parts of Kabul. The Taliban is unique because they not only adhere by means of strict Islamic fundamentalism, but Pashtun laws and culture.…

context. For example, “One person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter” (unknown). This quote is applicable to international relations in the most recent scenario where former president Ronald Reagan and his administration called the Afghan Mujahideen “freedom fighters” during the Cold War against the Soviet Union, yet two decades later, when a new generation of Afghans are fighting against a regime installed by foreign Western powers, the United States administration under George W.…

In 2001 with the passing of the “not so” Patriot Act, new powers were granted to the executive branch that allowed them to suspend due process of any suspect and enact wartime methods of extracting data due to national security or simply deny these civilians their legal rights.(Hunt, 2014) The Patriot Act, was established as an anti-terrorist tool, but quickly added to the nationalist tool box in militant response to civil opposition. The utilization of this militant tool to impede civilians…

I have no doubt that having U.S. forces on the ground will work, however, I do not support a full on ground forces. A large force with their equipments and vehicles would require a base or two that would need additional personnel to provide support and security. A tank force or air force is simply too expensive and cumbersome in combat in fighting the more agile "technical" vehicles (pickup trucks mounted with a machine gun or larger weaponry) the ISIS member uses. In addition, a large force…

Constitutional History of Afghanistan (1923 – 2004): In today’s world every countries constitution is a result of an event, and mostly emerged from an independence, revolution, or a change in regime, Kuwait wrote its first constitution after its independence 1961, India’s constitution was created after its independence in 1947, and Thailand enacted a constitution in 1932 after toppling the absolute monarchy.In this regard Afghanistan is not an exception, looking at the history of…

Andrew Millán BLOCK 4 Step 4 I. Introduction Athletes make major sacrifices during their athletic career, and in 1980 they had to make the ultimate sacrifice and were forcefully withdrawn from the Olympic Games. The relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States at this time was very tense. The Soviet Union wanted to maintain a friendly and socialist government on its border, and with Afghanistan in the midst of a civil war, the Soviets would be able to support the…